Mauritian national Anopkumar Maudhoo has been jailed for 10 years after admitting to 31 charges in one of the UK’s largest property frauds, swindling £8.5m from 45 victims.
Operating under multiple false identities, Maudhoo duped investors into believing they were buying repossessed or development properties across London and southeast England, forging documents and solicitors’ stamps to bolster the scam.
Victims lost life savings, with one man describing “sleepless nights and deep emotional distress,” while another linked the stress to suffering a stroke.
Maudhoo, who evaded immigration authorities for years, used the proceeds to fund an extravagant lifestyle of supercars, a speedboat and luxury goods. Authorities have recovered some assets, but international efforts are continuing to trace missing funds.
